Maybe it was just a MinusT thing (I can't actually recall where I saw it), but I seem to recall seeing her just sort of...nestling it into the bristles of the broom.

> In doujinshi, she's
>occasionally shown using it as a more general source of heat (e.g.,
>using it as a field-expedient camp stove to boil water for tea). In
>one I've read, she even uses it as a hair dryer, much to Reimu's
>discomfiture (since it's her hair Marisa is drying with one of the
>most dangerous weapons in their world). :)

I would say that nervousness is....understandable, yes.

>She doesn't really need to do that, though, since even without it
>she's one of the fastest fliers in the game setting (supposedly only
>Aya Shameimaru, who is a crow tengu, and Remilia Scarlet can fly
>faster). Funnily enough, the broom doesn't actually do anything!
>It's just there for style points.

I somehow missed that fact entirely. I wonder if the combat witches will be confused by the fact that she uses a broom but doesn't actually need it (or are they familiar with her, if not personally, since she seems like a vaguely-famous person)

I also have this feeling, now, that when these 3 actually meet the Scarlet Devil crew, they will all end up friends in the end, but the process is likely to be...Nanoha-style.